New triggerable, tough hydrogels could make drug-releasing systems safer
A novel material may improve the safety of drug-delivery systems that reside in the stomach.
Jul 25th, 2017
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A novel material may improve the safety of drug-delivery systems that reside in the stomach.
Jul 25th, 2017
Read moreCommunities of cells communicate to coordinate their actions, but how do they coordinate with other communities? Scientists are preparing to find out.
Jul 20th, 2017
Read moreScientists have learned how to re-engineer macrophages, the 'first responders' of the immune system, so that they can distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells.
Jul 20th, 2017
Read moreTiny implantable 'seeds' of tissue produce fully functional livers.
Jul 20th, 2017
Read moreA batch of single-cell protein has been produced by using electricity and carbon dioxide. Protein produced in this way can be further developed for use as food and animal feed.
Jul 19th, 2017
Read moreResearchers have manufactured microscopic versions of the cocoons spun by silkworms, which could be used to store sensitive proteins and other molecules for a wide range of uses.
Jul 19th, 2017
Read moreHow one amino acid can spell difference between a healthy aging brain and early onset Alzheimer's disease.
Jul 19th, 2017
Read moreA new review article analyzes the recent literature and review the impact of unfolded protein response (UPR) in health and disease.
Jul 19th, 2017
Read moreNewly developed implant material could speed, simplify treatment, reduce complication risk.
Jul 18th, 2017
Read moreResearchers used computer modeling to show how cells can feel their way through their surroundings, for example, when a tumor cell invades a new tissue or organ.
Jul 18th, 2017
Read moreScientists have discovered a simple way to raise the accuracy of diagnostic tests for medicine and common assays for laboratory research.
Jul 17th, 2017
Read moreImaging 3-D structures of clots could lead to a better understanding of heart attacks and stroke.
Jul 17th, 2017
Read moreScientists have developed a ligand molecule that connects peptide drugs to blood-serum albumin and keeps them from being cleared out by the kidneys too soon. The ligand is easy to synthesize and can extend the half-life of therapeutic peptides from minutes to several days.
Jul 17th, 2017
Read moreResearchers show in proof-of-principle experiments that the CRISPR system, developed further as a first-of-its-kind approach, is able to encode in living cells information as complex as a digitized image of a human hand.
Jul 14th, 2017
Read moreScientists have identified a group of potential substitutes for bisphenol A (BPA) that lack the adverse effects typically associated with BPA.
Jul 14th, 2017
Read moreSynthetic DNA technology and high throughput screening permit large-scale testing of structural stability of multitudes of computationally designed proteins.
Jul 13th, 2017
Read moreA research group's long term goal is to make nitrogenase biotechnologcially useful in order to develop alternatives to industrial chemical processes.
Jul 13th, 2017
Read moreA new molecule that reads mitochondrial DNA could pave the way to treat some genetic nerve and muscle diseases.
Jul 11th, 2017
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